Most of the people infected with Ebola in the West Africa epidemic that began in 2014 got sick through contact with a small number of "superspreaders" with the disease, researchers said Monday. The...
Indian doctors put an Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman on a special liquid diet Monday as they prepared her for an emergency weight-loss operation. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty weighs...
A six-figure sum has been raised for the children of a couple who died of cancer within days of each other. The three children released an image of their terminally ill parents' last moments together...
Heads of State from across Africa have endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunisation (ADI), a historic and timely pledge to ensure that everyone in Africa receives full benefits of immunisation. The...
The Church of Pentecost has in a statement said it does not support the call for young people who are unable to abstain from sex to use condom. According to the Church, the option is not biblical and...
The Church of Pentecost has denied it condones safe sex among teenagers who cannot control their libidos. A counselor of the Church recently called on stakeholders to allow teenagers who can’t...
One of Ghana's leading pharmaceutical players, Ernest Chemists Limited, has once again been honoured as the OTC Distributor of the Year for sub-Saharan Africa. The award recognition is by the...
The Church of Pentecost has taken a stand on recent comment by an Elder of The Church of Pentecost (COP) on sex and condom usage among teenagers and the youth. Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi,...
The silent deaths of 94 mentally ill patients in South Africa is symptomatic of their place in society, but their families want explanations, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg. Virginia...
A team of medical experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the government to commit resources towards the establishment of an anti-microbiology surveillance system to track...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday said government was determined in to support local pharmaceutical companies to manufacture anti-retroviral drugs for persons living with HIV and AIDS....
It’s fair to say belly fat can be stubborn and difficult to lose. This isn’t very convenient for most people because it has a way of interfering with their fashion choices. Jumia Travel shares 6...
Local pharmaceutical manufacturers have expressed worry over outstanding debts owed drug suppliers by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), saying the situation is hampering business...
President of the Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET), Mr Victor Attah Ntumi, has called on government to implement the Ghana AIDS Commission Act, to protect the privileges of persons living with HIV...
Ernest Chemists Limited, Ghana's leading pharmaceutical player, has once again been honoured as the OTC Distributor of the Year (Sub Saharan Africa) for the Consumer Wing of the world's largest...
The National Sanitation Day initiative failed and memories of the event have since ebbed into quiet oblivion. Not a lot has been said about why or how it failed; however, the fact sanitation remains...
A number of health service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) have not been paid their claims for the past seven months. The situation has been precipitated by the inability...
The Health Service Workers Union (HSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in collaboration with LO-FTF (Trade Unions in Denmark) is training selected members of the TUC on eldercare. The...
The Inner City and Zongo Minister-designate has promised to fast-track the development of Zongo communities to enhance the livelihood of residents. Abubakar Boniface Siddique said he would bridge the...
Mr Timothy Nakoja, father of a 14 year old boy with cerebral palsy says his family is forced to lock the child indoors to enable them work and earn a living. He said, “We have tried countless times...
